Summertime and the living is ....well, wet.

Yes, indeed so. It's the notorious summer Bank Holiday Weekend over here and I've got a leaky roof! Life as normal for the Brit weather. Anyway, enough waffle as it's Monday and time for the new theme over at Simon Says Stamp & Show. If your day needs brightening up then it's the perfect theme for you as we're getting all inky with the Seasonal Summer Distress inks...

I was already planning on doing the faux batik technique on my tag but instead of stamping I thought it would be fun to see how it looked when using a stencil. So I prepared my patterned background by dabbing the Distress ink through my Dylusionals stencil taking care not to go too far over the edges so as to get clear shapes. Then I quickly covered these inky designs with clear embossing powder and heat set it.

I then applied Distress inks on top, trying to add as much contrast between the colours as possible. You do need to really blend the inks together to achieve a smooth effect which is best done with an ink blending tool and not a piece of sponge or foam. The underneath colours and designs are protected by the embossing powder.

Then onto a bit of housework! I covered the tag in greaseproof paper and ironed the tag to melt and absorb the clear powder. I was then able to go back in with a white pen to add details and interest. I could not have made a stitch-less tag so I added the outside lines...just for fun.

 l then created a flurry of Wendy Vecchi butterflies...a stamp I just cannot live without. I finished off with a few words from my ChitChat Stickers. I definitely felt better for a bit of crafty time with these bright inks...

 If you've got these summery inks - then hurry off and get thinking. Or...maybe you have some other crafty goodies of similar colours. After all it's all about INSPIRATION! Hop over to the design team blog and check out the really fabulous makes from everyone.
I must very quickly be awaying as I still have my hands VERY full here with a new baby girl in the house. I could sleep for a week, no make it a month, although my crafty brain is in sixth gear and storing up lots of ideas... So that's the story...
Take care and thanks for being here.
Sarah. 

*Ranger DYLUSIONS INK SPRAY SET OF 12 Dyan Reaveley	*Dyan Reaveley Stencil 9 X 12 DOTTED FLOWER Dylusions DYS34018	*Wendy Vecchi Rubber Stamp JUST FLY G2-1557 Studio 490 Stampers Anonymous	*Tim Holtz Idea-ology 1088 CHITCHAT STICKERS TH92998
*Tim Holtz SUMMER SEASONAL DISTRESS INK Pads 3 Pack Set Ranger	*Tim Holtz REFILL SET Distress Ink SUMMER EDITION Raspberry Lawn Ocean	*Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen WHITE Smooth Medium	*Ranger EMBOSSING POWDER CLEAR Translucent Rubber Stamp Ink

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